USS Alabama

Today we traveled to Mobile Alabama to tour the USS Alabama. The USS Alabama was a battle ship in WWII. It was confirmed to have shot down 22 enemy fighters and was awarded 9 battle stars. It was used for several movies including Under Siege with Steven Segal. It was very interesting and cool to see inside an actual battle ship. It was decommissioned January 9, 1947. It was like its own town with a post office, stores, a bank, and a hospital. The ship is open to explore all levels of it. We also were able to tour USS Drum submarine also used in WWII. This submarine was awarded 11 battle stars. It is credited with sinking 15 ships and a total of 80,580 tons of enemy shipping, 8th highest of all US submarines in total Japanese tonnage sunk. It served in a total of 13 war patrols, and on the 8th war patrol is when it sunk a cargo ship and attacked a combat of 4 freighters and during that attack the freighters dropped depth charges and the USS Drum was severely damaged and had to return back to Pearl Harbor. It had a crew of 7 officers and 65 enlisted men. It was decommissioned February 14, 1946. Being in the submarine gave us a claustrophobic feeling because of the tight quarters. I couldn't imagine over 70 people running around in there. It was such a great experience to visit these historic sights. We love exploring different places and are grateful for the opportunity to be in the military to have that chance. Aaron took a lot more pictures, but I just posted a few. Enjoy